Judging from the glamorous parties and store openings in Paris this week, you would be forgiven for thinking the economy is thriving -- prompting some observers to say the fashion industry is fiddling while Rome burns.

The top U.S. envoy to Africa called the month of post-election violence in Kenya "ethnic cleansing" and said Wednesday Washington was reconsidering hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to the country.

A gang beheaded a doctor in apparent retaliation for the slaying of an opposition lawmaker Tuesday ahead of fresh talks expected between Kenya's rival leaders aimed at resolving a dispute over the country's presidential election.

Thousands of machete-wielding youths hunted down members of President Mwai Kibaki's Kikuyu tribe Monday in western Kenya's Rift Valley, torching homes and buses, clashing with police, and blocking roads with burning tires.

A millionaire opposition leader who cast himself as a champion of the poor appeared poised to unseat the incumbent Kenyan president, according to preliminary official results of the election and media tallies Friday.

The words for poop are endless, but the Miami Metrozoo has another term to add to the list: educational. Now on display is a 5,000-square-foot exhibit on excrement titled "The Scoop on Poop," which invites visitors to explore the science of scat.

Meadow muffins. Guano. Feces. Solid waste. Caca. The words for poop are endless, but the Miami Metrozoo has another term to add to the list: educational. Now on display is a 5,000-square-foot exhibit on excrement titled "The Scoop on Poop," which invites visitors to explore the science of scat.